vertical short takeoff & landing
61Aircraft carrier — From bottom to top: Principe de Asturias, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and light V/STOL carrier HMS Invincible, showing size differences of late 20th century carriers An aircraft …
62VTOL — is an abbreviation for Vertical Take Off and Landing. VTOL describes fixed wing aircraft that can lift off vertically. Vertical lift” is the capability to execute a controlled vertical take off and vertical landing with a mission payload [Rhett… …
63Lockheed Martin X-35 — infobox Aircraft name = X 35 JSF type = Prototype/Demonstrator manufacturer = Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Northrop Grumman BAE Systems caption = The X 35A JSF performs flight tests at Edwards Air Force Base, California first flight = 2000… …
64airport — airport1 /air pawrt , pohrt /, n. a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, esp. one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times. [1915 20;… …
65jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …
66F-104 Starfighter — infobox Aircraft name= F 104 Starfighter caption= A Fokker built, German owned F 104G in USAF markings in August 1979 type= Interceptor aircraft, fighter bomber national oigin = United States manufacturer= Lockheed designer= Clarence Kelly… …
67X-13 Vertijet — NOTOC The Ryan X 13A RY Vertijet, Ryan Model 69, was an experimental Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft flown in the United States in the 1950s. The main objective of the project was to demonstrate the ability of a pure jet to vertically… …
68Lockheed F-104 Starfighter — F 104 Starfighter A Fokker built, German owned F 104G in USAF markings in August 1979 Role Intercep …
69Channel wing — aircraft CCW 5 The channel wing is an aircraft wing principle developed by Willard Ray Custer in the 1920s. The most important part of the wing consists of a half tube with an engine placed in the middle, driving a propeller placed at the rear… …
70McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle — F 15 redirects here. For other uses, see F15 (disambiguation). F 15 Eagle USAF F 15C over Washington …
